Tag: Falkland Islands

• Sunday, October 6th 2013 - 06:40 UTC

  Falklands ‘confident’ about ‘mutually acceptable outcome’ on taxes with oil company

  

  The Falkland Islands Government remains, “confident that a mutually acceptable outcome can be reached with Rockhopper,” on the matter of their tax bill from FIG, confirmed Financial Secretary Nicola Granger last week and indicated the situation would have no impact on local tax laws.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 19:36 UTC

  Falklands’ ‘FOGL and Desire Combination’ prepare to drill five wells next year

  

  Falkland Oil & Gas is to buy a smaller Falklands-based firm to create a “combination” company with licences to search for oil both to the north and south of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. FOGL said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Desire Petroleum offering 0.6 FOGL “consideration” shares for each Desire share, in a deal valuing Desire at 61 million pounds (99 million dollars).

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 07:25 UTC

  Falklands Chilean residents celebrate National Day and strong links with Chile

  

  Chilean residents of the Falkland Islands celebrated at Government House in Stanley their national day and the strong connections between the Islands and Chile.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 20:40 UTC

  Argentina’s squid fisheries policy “inconsistent and unsustainable” says expert

  

  Argentina’s latest government’s decisions on squid fishing show that the country’s fisheries policy is “inconsistent and unsustainable,” according to the president of Assistance Food Argentina SA and director of Assistance Food America Inc., Dr. Cesar Augusto Lerena.

• Friday, September 27th 2013 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands’ tourism stats: UK and Argentina provide the most arrivals

  

  The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has released statistics from last season and Managing Director Tony Mason explained that the seasonality of tourism in the Falkland Islands is quite significant, with 65.5% (nearly two-thirds) of all arrivals visiting in the first and last three months of the year (Jan-Mar and Oct- Dec) in 2012.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 21:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands legislative dissolved in advance of November 7 general election

  

  The Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly was dissolved on Thursday by Governor Nigel Haywood in advance of the General Election scheduled to be held on November 7.

• Thursday, September 26th 2013 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands/Gibraltar: Argentina and Spain agree to team up and pressure UK

  

  Argentina and Spain agreed on Thursday to team up to pressure Britain to discuss their separate claims on British territories: the Falklands in the south Atlantic and Gibraltar near the southern tip of Spain.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:28 UTC

  Malvinas militarization and UK nuclear subs in South Atlantic protests Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández used Tuesday’s speech in before the UN General Assembly to once more criticize British military movements in the South Atlantic, condemning the use of nuclear submarines around the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 04:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands next round of oil exploration drilling announced for late 2014

  

  One of the several hydrocarbons companies operating in Falkland Islands waters expects its next drilling phase to begin in the fourth quarter of 2014 with a minimum of two exploration wells following extensive 3D surveying of southern licences in the Diomedea fan complex adjacent to the Darwin discovery.

• Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:05 UTC

  Malvinas sovereignty, the main line of action at OAS pledges Ambassador Garré

  

  The new Argentine ambassador before the Organization of American States, OAS, former Defence and Home Security minister Nilda Garré begins her diplomatic job with a main line of action: ‘claiming the Malvinas Islands sovereignty” and the “resumption of negotiations with the UK”.